First digital twin of an entire country

摘要

Work has been completed on what is said to be the first digital twin of a whole country, with Bentley Systems tools helping to create a digital twin of Singapore. The Singapore Land Authority (SLA), which manages land use on the densely populated island nation, found that, with above ground and below ground buildings and infrastructure growing and overlapping, 2D maps could not convey accurate GIS information. GPS Lands Singapore approached SLA with the proposal to develop the Singapore Digital Twin. Mapping teams used aircraft with laser-scanning capabilities to capture digital terrain and surface data.